Student: Conn. Class Forced to Re-Enact Slavery

http://abcnews.go.com ^ | September 20, 2013 | PAT EATON-ROBB

[Dalberg-Acton]

I guess they felt the need to keep the hate going. No healing allowed.

[lowbridge]

"This is a re-enactment of a historical event that has relevance to their day-to-day interaction with their peers and classroom teacher," he said. "How do you feel when this is put upon you? How do you think you should feel when it is put upon someone else?"

How would you like to re-enact the crucifixion? See how that feels.

[jimfree]

They might as well go all the way and demonstrate rape and beatings. It is essential to providing understanding.

[colorado tanker]

Just when I think the educrats can’t be any dumber . . .

[Paladin2]

Why not practice to accept Islam?

[jimfree]

I believe that teacher ought to feel what it’s like to have my mark branded into her skin.

[max americana]

Need to re-enact slavery? Then live normally like an American voter under the obama govt.

[cripplecreek]

Bet they didn’t reenact the slavery of Billy Lee under George Washington. He lived better than most white farmers of his day.

[LucyT]

Sick.

What next, a reenactment of Auschwitz or Buchenwald?

[muir_redwoods]

Just keep stirring the hatred and scratch open the wounds.

[WilliamofCarmichael]

Real slavery going on in Africa and the Middle East and these clowns talk about two hundred years ago.

Why not something more current to portray race relations here in America. Oh I don't know.. maybe force the white kids to stand around and be targets for the popular Knockout game.

[Oliviaforever]

The school administrators will use every chance they have to distort our history.

[Sherman Logan]

Stupid thing to do, but not racial unless black kids were singled out, which it doesn’t sound like they were.

This is, BTW, historically how all slaves have always been treated. Black slaves shipped across the Atlantic is only one chapter in a very long sad story.

[marron]

I think this is a fine idea. As long as the kids understand that the slave-owner is a Democrat.

[Maceman]

"This is a re-enactment of a historical event that has relevance to their day-to-day interaction with their peers and classroom teacher,"

Exactly how is this relevant to their day-to-day interactions in 2013?

[NewHampshireDuo]

How about at least doing a few other things like:
Being a persecuted Christian in the middle east (or in today’s armed forces) and, of course, being tortured and killed (or just told to shut up in the case of the military).
Being a Jew forced into a gas chamber
Being a fetus that gets cut in two with scissors.
The possibilities are endless.

[Huskrrrr]

How about we put the instructor in a small plastic bag, then beat him with shovels...to simulate abortion.

[GeronL]

Sooner or later they probably would

[grania]

Re-enactments could be okay if it weren't just one topic like this, endowing a fake specialness on people because their ancestors were slaves.

Some of my Russian ancestors were serfs. The Irish ones nearly starved in the potato famine, and lived horrible lives as indentured servants when they got here. One of those darn Germans was terrified that he was going to be hung as a horse thief before he escaped and came to the US. Come to think of it, maybe a better workshop would be "Everybody's got issues. Get over it"